From: Clive D.W. Feather (clive@demon.net)
Date: Wed Jul 07 1999 - 11:15:26 CDT
Charles Lindsey said:
> It all depends on the arrangement Clive has made with demon. If he has
> negotiated full peering with on-the-train (using NNTP IHAVE) then he is
> the injector (and is responsible to demon and the rest of Usenet for what
> happens on his machine). But if he used the NNTP POST command (actually, I
> understand he does) then he is no different to any other demon customer
> who dials in from time to time to exchange news; demon is then the
> injector.
I don't see why POST and IHAVE form the *definition* of injection versus
relay. They are, after all, just a specific technology. We need definitions
that work with UUCP or *any* transfer mechanism.
In fact, you have it completely backwards. It would be reasonable for the
NNTP group to say "POST does injection, IHAVE does relay" once you define
those terms.
> Sure, but in that case they don't give him IHAVE-style access. The whole
> point about full peering is that you trust your peers to behave.
Fine, and that's a part of, or an implication of, the definition of
relaying. But that's irrelevant to IHAVE v POST, surely ?
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